Leadership, Management, Legal, & Ethics

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The nurse leader informs the staff of a local emergency and instructs them to stay at the hospital to prepare for major casualties. The staff displayed high levels of anxiety and disorganization. Which is the most appropriate leadership style at this time?

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Authoritarian

Front

Which example reflects a nurse manager with accountability but not authority? Options: To reduce costs, administrators instruct the manager to inform the staff to reduce overtime. The manager evaluates the unit staff but cannot promote or terminate staff. The manager is to recommend a new staffing procedure to the institution's nurse manager group. The manager prepares a monthly budget variance report that includes plans to correct overspending.

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The manager evaluates the unit staff but cannot promote or terminate staff.

Front

An unlicensed assistive person (UAP) has previously performed client transfers safely (bed to chair) on many occasions. It would be inappropriate to delegate this unsupervised task to the UAP under which condition?

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It was the client's first time out of bed after surgery.

Front

The nurse manager plans to implement a new method for scheduling staff vacations. Senior staff members oppose the change while newer staff members are more accepting. Which is the most effective strategy for resolving this difference?

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Encourage interaction between the opposing sides to attempt resolution.

Front

A primary care provider's orders indicate that a surgical consent form needs to be signed. Since the nurse was not present when the primary care provider discussed the surgical procedure, which statement best illustrates the nurse fulfilling the client advocate role?

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What were you told about the procedure you are going to have?

Front

Although the client refused the procedure, the nurse insisted and inserted a nasogastric tube in the right nostril. The administrator of the hospital decides to settle the lawsuit because the nurse is most likely to be found guilty of which of the following?

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Battery

Front

A nursing student working as an unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is asked by a nurse to perform a urinary catheterization on a postsurgical client after confirming he has done it in his nursing program. What is the best response by the UAP?

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"I can't do it. Is there something else I can help you with?"

Front

The concepts of leadership and management are different.

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True

Front

When communicating with employees, the nurse manager uses an approach that clearly states what the employee needs to know but uses a caring approach. This is an example of:

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Assertive communication

Front

As an LPN delegating tasks to a UAP, which is NOT one of the Five Rights of Delegation? Options: Right time, Right task, Right circumstance, Right person

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Right time